Run ComfyUI Remotely

Run ComfyUI on a remote GPU with full custom node support.

Steps

1. Create a pod

swm pod create -p runpod -g "RTX 4090" -n comfy \
  --lifecycle auto-down --idle-timeout 20 -y

2. Install ComfyUI

swm setup install comfyui <provider>:<pod-id>

3. Add custom nodes (before starting)

swm run <provider>:<pod-id> \
  "cd /workspace/ComfyUI/custom_nodes && \
   git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/example/my-node.git && \
   /workspace/ComfyUI/venv/bin/pip install -r my-node/requirements.txt"

4. Start ComfyUI

swm setup start comfyui <provider>:<pod-id>

5. Access

ComfyUI will be available at the proxy URL or via SSH tunnel at http://localhost:8188.

6. Download workflows

swm download <provider>:<pod-id> /workspace/ComfyUI/output/ -d ~/Downloads